Life is Sweet: Criterion Collection

For many years, Mike Leigh has been a brilliant and consistent chronicler of the British lower middle working class in cinema. Life is Sweet (1990) was his breakthrough film having cut his teeth previously on plays and television movies where he honed... 

Topsy-Turvy: Criterion Collection

You have to hand it to Mike Leigh, a filmmaker who has the confidence to make a $20 million period musical with limited commercial appeal. In 1999, he released Topsy-Turvy, a musical drama chronicling W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s creation of The... 

Enchanted April

Adapted from the novel of the same name, Enchanted April (1992) was originally intended to be a television movie for BBC but the powers that be were so pleased with the end result that it was given a theatrical release and it garnered several Golden Globe... 

The Hit: Criterion Collection

The Hit (1984) is a significant film for several reasons: it served as a comeback, of sorts, for actor Terence Stamp, it provided a young, up-and-coming Tim Roth with his first major film role, and it was the beginning of a great run of films for director... 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Special Edition

It was with equal parts anticipation and trepidation that fans of the Indiana Jones films greeted news that a new installment entitled, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) was in the works. Would Harrison Ford be too old and look... 

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Extended Edition

Taking a page out of Peter Jackson’s book, the filmmakers behind the hugely successful Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) have revisited their film with an extended edition that beefs up the film’s running time to 150... 

Art School Confidential

Daniel Clowes made the successful transition from the comic book page to the big screen with an adaptation of his graphic novel Ghost World in 2000. It was an excellent example of all the right elements coming together at the right time. Clowes is back... 

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Carefully marketed to be the next franchisable fantasy film alongside The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) defeated Peter Jackson’s over-hyped juggernaut, King... 

Vanity Fair

You’ve got to hand it to Reese Witherspoon. She began as a teenager in gritty indie movies earning acclaim from her performances in dark works, Freeway and Best Laid Plans before moving into bigger mainstream films like Pleasantville and then selling... 

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

With the commercial and critical success of Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) a sequel was inevitable. Helen Fielding, creator of the character, even wrote one but the problem becomes, how do you replicate the magic of the first film and yet make it different... 

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